Career & Tools

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you plan for success this quarter. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

Join the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) on February 12th for a conversation on how to improve Queer and Trans experience in grad-school and in UCSB in general. Where would you like the RCSGD to invest more effort? What are key topics that you would like to address in priority? Your experience and your opinion matter!

The UC Love Data Week (February 8-12, 2021) is a week-long offering of free presentations, demos, and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. To date, there are a total of 28 activities confirmed. All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend. Read on to learn more!

Join this special Graduate Student Community Check-In hosted by fellow grad students on Thursday, February 18th at 4 pm. This is a space to share updates on how you are doing, discuss challenges you are facing, and explore how we can best support each other. RSVP today!

Grad students, need help managing your research? UCSB Library is offering a workshop on Zotero, a popular open source citation manager. Learn how Zotero can help you efficiently collect and organize your research, create bibliographies, collaborate with your colleagues, streamline your research process, and more. This workshop will be offered twice in February. Sign up today to reserve your spot.

Join Erik Williams, OISS' International Student Programs Coordinator, and Ranjani Atur, Graduate Funding Peer Advisor, for an open-ended workshop where you can get all your questions about visas and funding answered.

Doing your taxes? Sign up now for our financial literacy workshop on February 17th to learn about resources, credits, and deductions for graduate students. Read on to learn more!

Are you interested in being an educator at an independent school in SoCal? Register for the Third Annual Southern California Diversity Recruiting Fair! Nearly 50 independent schools in Los Angeles and 2 placement organizations are participating this year. Last day to register is Friday, February 5, 2021.

Have you been meaning to update your resume but don't have the time? Do you want to learn how to stand out from the crowd? Join us for this online workshop on February 16th to learn tips and techniques that will help you craft and strategically target your resume. Use the time to actually workshop and update your resume with expert help.

Have you considered continuing your research interests in the medical field? Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) offers a wide range of opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to learn collaboratively across various specialties at a premier medical institution. Find an opportunity today!

Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Linguistics and Computer Science. While we won't be able to share pizza in person, all attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a $15 Target gift card.

To learn more about the academic culture and teaching opportunities in the California State University (CSU) system, the Graduate Division recently hosted a discussion with CSU faculty members. The panelists discussed the life of a professor at these campuses, which includes teaching small classes, meeting the needs of diverse students, and including undergraduate students in your research. Read on to access a recording of the panel!

UCSB's Office of Undergraduate Education is seeking a graduate student assistant for Spring Quarter 2021 to provide logistical and technological support in order to develop a new online course, INT W120: Transferring to the Research University. The position pays $25 per hour. Read on for more details!

Curious how to teach your sections without disregarding current events? Wondering how to bring your authentic self to your teaching practices and how this creates a better learning environment for your students? In this workshop on Feb 3rd, they will discuss embodied teaching, a type of teaching pedagogy that can include techniques to integrate bodies of knowledge beyond the immediate scope of your lesson plans. Read on to learn more!

Employers are interested in more than your degree or field of research, they care about how your qualifications match what they need. Graduate students need to show their experience effectively so that employers will listen. Join us on February 10th for this workshop where we will teach you how to talk about your work in order to demonstrate that you have transferable and relevant skills for the job.